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Chilled Fruit Cups Recipe

Our Christmas meal always began with this refreshing, colorful cup that combines seven different fruits. You could even serve it as a light summer dessert with a scoop of lime sherbet.—Janet Wood, Windham, New Hampshire

This recipe is:

Diabetic Friendly

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Chilled Fruit Cups Recipe

Prep: 45 min. + chilling

Yield: 10 Servings

30 15 45

Ingredients

1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
2 medium grapefruit, cut into sections
2 medium navel oranges, cut into sections
1/4 cup lemon juice
2 cups halved fresh strawberries
1 medium red apple, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
1 medium pear, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
1 medium banana, halved lengthwise and thinly sliced
1 cup halved green grapes

Directions

In a small saucepan, bring sugar and water to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer for 5 minutes. Cool. In a large bowl, combine the grapefruit, oranges, lemon juice and sugar mixture. Cover and refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight.
Stir in the strawberries, apple, pear, banana and grapes. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour. Spoon into dessert cups. Yield: 10 servings.

Nutritional Facts 3/4 cup equals 119 calories, trace fat (trace saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 1 mg sodium, 31 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 1 g protein. Diabetic Exchange: 2 fruit.

Originally published as Chilled Fruit Cups in Country Woman Christmas Annual 2010, p29